diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 19083c9c..44988bd1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+## [3.5.5] - 2021-03-01
 ### Build
 - Support older python sphinx versions again ([`#2356`](https://github.com/polybar/polybar/issues/2356))
 
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Fixed
 - Empty color values are no longer treated as invalid and no longer produce an error.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/polybar/polybar/compare/3.5.4...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/polybar/polybar/compare/3.5.5...HEAD
+[3.5.5]: https://github.com/polybar/polybar/releases/tag/3.5.5
 [3.5.4]: https://github.com/polybar/polybar/releases/tag/3.5.4
 [3.5.3]: https://github.com/polybar/polybar/releases/tag/3.5.3
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 094129b6..207bcec8 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Polybar version information
 # Update this on every release
 # This is used to create the version string if a git repo is not available
-3.5.4
+3.5.5